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I m a mobile groomer and have couple of customers whose dog

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HI I m a mobile groomer and have couple of customers whose dog has elephant skin, not raw or maggots like that but she scratches it. I have asked the customer to get some deflea stuff from the vets and I also put some JDS shampoo on the dog, should I carry on grooming this dog if the condition persist as I am worried it might be passed to other customers?

HI,Its mainly on her back and looks like elephant skin, I havnt noticed any pus, but her ower says she itches it, there is another dog across the road who has the same thing in her ear and is a poodle, just wondering whether it is safe to carry on grooming them as worried about carrying to other custoemrs dogs, obvisiouly I give everything a good clean before next customer?

Customer:replied 1 year ago.

Sorry but I am going out in a minute so wont be back until later or even tomorrow.Grateful if you can help me at all with some advice thoughThanksEmma

Thickened "elephant" like skin is a phenomena we refer to as "lichenification". This is thickening due to chronic skin irritation. It is not contagious but instead is a skin reaction to an ongoing long term issue. We'd, of course, need to be wary of what is triggering the itching (though the poodle likely is prone to ear infections and this other lass may have an underlying allergy), but the skin changes themselves are not a worry here. So, as long as we don't have raw wounds (which we can see with mange), we'd not be worried about this causing your other dog clients any issue.

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